TY - JOUR
T1 - Echocardiograph changes in patients with malignant phase hypertension: the West Birmingham Malignant Hypertension Register
AU - Nadar, Sunil
AU - Beevers, David
AU - Lip, Gregory
PY - 2004/9/30
Y1 - 2004/9/30
N2 - In order to study the echocardiographic abnormalities in consecutive patients with malignant phase hypertension (MHT), we reviewed echocardiograms of 31 patients (23 male; mean age 52+/-14 years) with MHT who were admitted to our unit. Trans-thoracic echocardiography was carried out in all patients, and echocardiographic measurements were compared with those of 39 patients (30 male; mean age 54+/-10 years) with controlled nonmalignant essential hypertension, and 32 (19 male; mean age 51+/-10 years) healthy normotensive volunteers. Patients with MHT had a significantly higher mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure (P
AB - In order to study the echocardiographic abnormalities in consecutive patients with malignant phase hypertension (MHT), we reviewed echocardiograms of 31 patients (23 male; mean age 52+/-14 years) with MHT who were admitted to our unit. Trans-thoracic echocardiography was carried out in all patients, and echocardiographic measurements were compared with those of 39 patients (30 male; mean age 54+/-10 years) with controlled nonmalignant essential hypertension, and 32 (19 male; mean age 51+/-10 years) healthy normotensive volunteers. Patients with MHT had a significantly higher mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure (P
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U2 - 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001773
DO - 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001773
M3 - Article
C2 - 15457204
SN - 1476-5527
VL - 19
SP - 69
EP - 75
JO - Journal of Human Hypertension
JF - Journal of Human Hypertension
ER -